Uzodimma assures of sufficient security in coming elections

The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma, has assured that there will be enough security during the forthcoming elections.

He gave the assurance in a meeting he had on Tuesday at the Rockview Hotel, Owerri, with the All Progressives Congress (APC) ward executives, council executives, zonal executives, state executive members, sole administrators, development centre chairmen and former interim management chairmen of councils in the state.

Cognisance of activities of non-state actors and their sponsors in orchestrating killings, kidnappings and targeting mainly APC members, the governor assured party leaders that his “government will provide sufficient security to stop all forms of threats and harassment of innocent citizens to prevent them from voting their preferred candidates and party in the forthcoming elections.”

Uzodimma, who said he is aware of reports of intimidations, persecutions, harassments and threats, said: “We will have peaceful elections in Imo, and no person or group of persons will stop Imo people from exercising their electoral responsibilities.”

He bemoaned the despicable situation where only APC men and women are being hunted for and killed, while destroying properties of party members for no reason, all instigated by opposition parties using unknown gunmen. He stressed that the situation has to stop.